Vending-machine.



H. W. SGHIL'LING.

Patented July 22, 1913,

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Patented July 22, 1913 HENRY XV. SCHILLNG, OF NOBLE, ILLINOIS.

VENDNG-MHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled .Tune 7, 1912.

Patented JulyT 22, 1913.

serial No. 702,315.

To all whom t may concern Beit known that l, HENRY W. Sommano, citizen of the United States, residing at Noble, in the county of Richland and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention. relates to vending machines, and has special reference to machines for delivering sheets of paper from a web 0r roll, the object of the invention. being to provide a machine of simple construction by which, upon the insertion of a coin or check, a predetermined length of the paper may be ted from the inclosing casing, and which will be inoperative unless such check or coin be inserted.

T he invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter first fully described and then more particularly pointed out in the appended. claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved vending machine, the front plate of the casing being removed; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the principal operating members of the mechanism in assembled relation.

The casing, 1, may be of any convenient style or material, and in the end walls of the same I journal an upper shaft 2 uponwhich the web of paper is to be placed, a lower shaft 3 which carries the feeding roller Il, and an intermediate shaft 5 constituting a part of the operating mechanism. Shaft G is also journaled in the end Walls of the casing at a point in rear of the webcarrying shaft 2, and one end ot' this rock shaft 6 projects beyond the adjacent end wall of the casing and equipped with a handle or operating lover 7, es shown. The opposite end of the rock shaft 6 has fixed thereto a segmental gear 8 which meshes with a gear wheel S on the adjacent end of the shaft 5 which is disposed between the webearrying or supply shaft 2 and the feed roller, as clearly shown. On the end of the shaft 5, remoto .from the gear wheel 9, is loosely' mounted a gear wheel l() having rigid therewith a hub or disk 11,2515 shown, while immediately adjacent the said hub or disk ll a similar disk l2 is keyed upon the shaft, the seid disks 11 and 12 being of the same diameter and being provided with rw rock Y dial coin-receiving slots 13 and 14:, respectively, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3, the slot or recess 13 in the disk 1l being slightly greater than the slot or recess 14' in the disk l2.

T he gear wheel l0 meshes with a pinion 15 iixcd on the shaft 3 carrying the feed roller, and a stop disk 1G is also secured on the said shaft 3 and is provided with a single recess or shoulder .17 adapted to be engaged by a dog 18 pivotally mounted within the casing and passing around the disks l1 and 12 in rear of the same, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The coin chute 19 passes through the top ol' the casing and terminates adjacent the disks l1 and 12, which are so arranged that when the apparatus is at rest the recesses or slots in the seid disks will lic immediately below the end of the chuteV to receive the coin deposited therein. The recesses should be of such depth as to permit the coin to project somewhat beyond the edges of the disk, so that when motion is imparted thereto the projecting edge of the coin will strike the dog 18 and swing the same out of engagement with the stop disk 16 so as to permit the feeding mechanism to move.

A guard 20 is secured to the lower end of the coin chute and extends rearwardly around the said disks 11: and 12 concentric therewith, and has' its lower end supported by spaced wires or rods 21 which constitute a support therefor, the said supporting rods being spaced apart a suilicient distance to permit the coin to drop between the same.

The coin guard 2U is longitudinally' slotted to permit the edge ot' the dog 18 t0 project through the guard in position to be engaged by the projecting edge of the coin or check, and thedog will thus be held in its inoperative position until the stop or shoulder on the stop disk has moved beyond the range ot' the dog, so that the dog cannot again enter into engagement with the said stop until the desired length of the web has been fed through the casing.

By properly proportioning the car wheel 10 and the pinion 15, the feed rol er may be given one or more revolutions while the coin disks are making one-half a revolution, it being umlerstood that the coin will drop from the disks when the same has made onchalf a revolution. The necessary tension upon the paper is maintained through the medium of a. presser roller 22 which is slid ably mounted in the end walls of thc casing immediately adjacent the feed roller and is held against the feed roller by springs 23, as will be readily understood. A spring 24 is provided between the back wall of the casing and the segmental -gear 8, so that, when the operating force is removed from the handle 7, the parts will be returned to the initial position.

The operation is thought to be clear from the foregoing description. The web of paper is placed upon the shaft 2 which is removably fitted in the casing to facilitate the insertion of a fresh web or roll, and the end of the web is fitted between the feed roller and the presser roller and manually fed to the bottom of the casing and into an outlet 25 formed therein` as will be readily understood. The casing is then closed, and, when it is desired to withdraw a part of the web, the coin or check is deposited in the coin recesses or slots in the coin disks 11` and 12. The handle 7 is then depressed to" the limit of its movement, which may he determined by theback edge of the segmental gear coming in Contact with the back wall of the casing. and the movement of the handle will be transmitted directly through the rock shaft (3 and the. segmental gear to the gear 9 which will thereupon rotate the shaft 5 and the coin disk 12. The disk 12 being fixed to the shaft 5. will carry the coin at once against the dog 18 so as to swing the same out ot' engagement with the stop disk 1G and immediately afterward, so as to be practically sinnlltaneous with the movement of the do;` the coin engages the wall ot' the slot 13 in the disk 11, so that the said disk and the gear l0 will be rotated. The gear wheel 1()` of course, transmits its motion directly to the pinion t3, so that the feed roller will be actuated and the material fed from the web thrrmgh the easing. The movement of the lever 7 will be sutlicient to canse a. half revolution of the coin disks and When this half revolution has been completed the coin will drop from the disks so that the movement of the loosely mounted disk 11 and the gear wheel l0 will cease, while the fixed disk 12 will be returned to its initial position under the influence of the spring 24 acting upon the segmental gear S. as will be readily understood. When coin disks` the dog 1b is, of course, released and will at once eravtatc to the position where its lower roti rests upon the edge of th(` stop disk: so that as the said disk continnes (o rotate the shoulder or notch in the edge if the disk will be engaged by the end of the pawl, and ctmsequently motion of the the coin drops from the .slight.

ply paper or fibrous toi disk and of the feed roller Will bearrested. Should the handle be vihrated before a coin or check is inserted, the disk 12 will be rotated through the gear wheel 9 and the segmental gear 8, but, as the disk 11 and the gear wheel 1() are loose upon the shaft 5, no movement Will be impart-ed to those members and consequent-ly the feed roller will remain at rest.

It Will he noted that my device is composed of very few parts Which are simple in their construction and relative arrangement, so that the machine may be manufactured at a low cost and the up-keep expense will be As the parts are compactly arranged and are simply constructed, the liabilitf'si of breakage is reduced to a minimum and repairs will seldom be needed. My device is intended more particularly for use in hotels, cafs, and other publicplaces to sup- 'els, napkins, closetseat covers, etc.` and will be found highly efficient for the purpose for which it is designed.

iVhat l claim is 1. ln a vending machine, the combination of a shaft, means for rotating said shaft, a coin disk fast said shaft, a second coin disk loose on the shaft and co-acting with the first-mentioned coin disk, gearing connected with the loose coin disk, a coin guardl disposed concentrically serving to retain a coin therein during half a revolution, a feeding loose coin disk, a stop disk acting with the feeding device, and a dog projecting into the path of the coin in the coin disks and adapted to engage the stop disk.

2. The combination of a shaft having a gear wheel on one end, a coin disk fast onV the other end of said shaft, a rock shaft, a segmental gear carriedV by said rock shaft and meshing With the gear wheel on the first-mentioned shaft, a coin disk mounted with said disks andy device geared to the" loosely on said first-mentioned shaft. saidv coin disks being provided with registering recesses, a coin chute arranged to deposit. a coin in said recesses, a feeding mechanism geared to the loosely mounted disk, a stop .disk acting With the feeding mechanism, and

a dog projecting into the path of the coin in the coin disks and adapted to engage the stop disk.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY iV. SCHILLING. iVitnesses:

Gna'roiiEN J. SCHILLING, E. L. PALMER.

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